Maria Solozobova
Maria Solozobova ( Russian Мария Солозобова , Marija Solosobowa ; born April 22, 1979 in Moscow ) is a Russian violinist living in Switzerland .
Life
Maria Solozobova was born in Moscow, her parents are physicists and mathematicians, and her grandfather Nikolaj Zubov was an important aircraft developer at Tupolev . Classical music was very popular with the whole family. Maria already amazed as a child with her musical talent. She first learned the piano, then the violin. She made good progress quickly that her first teacher decided to enter her in the national competition for young musicians of Russia, where she won a first prize.
She then trained at the Gnessin Music School for gifted children in Moscow and studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory , where she received her concert diploma with distinction in 2004. She finished her studies at the Zurich University of Music and Theater with Zakhar Bron and at the Basel Music Academy with Raphael Oleg, where she completed her soloist diploma with distinction in 2008. Maria Solozobova plays an Italian violin made by Nicolo Gagliano in 1728.
Artistic importance and awards
Maria Solozobova released her debut CD in 2007 with works by Tchaikovsky and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst .
Maria Solozobova is the winner of several international music competitions:
- First prize and the Special Audience Prize at the international Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria (2000)
- Second prize in the international competition in Portugal (2002), where she again received the Special Audience Prize for best interpretation
- First prize at the WAMozart competition in Zurich, under the patronage of the Duttweiler-Hug Foundation (2005)
- Second prize at the chamber music competition "Jeunesses Musicales" Switzerland, with the trio EMI (2006)
- Prize winner at the 40th international Tibor Varga competition in Switzerland (2006)
- Prize winner at the Rodolfo Lipizer Prize International Violin Competition in Italy (2007)
Maria Solozobova has been invited to major festivals as a soloist and chamber music interpreter:
- Verbier Festival
- International Menhuin Festival in Gstaad
- Tartini Festival in Slovenia
- International Music Festival Korsholm (Finland)
- Chamber music festival "Entcentro de musica y academia Santander" (Spain)
- Austrian Summer Festival Prague-Vienna-Budapest
She has played as a soloist with leading orchestras and under renowned conductors, her chamber music partners include A. Volodin, A. Gavrilov, Y. Avdeeva, I. Vinogradova, G. Wyss, U. Koella, Y. Smirnov and the cellists D. Geringas, Sol Gabetta and the violinists A. Lysy, I. Bochkova and H. Schneerberger.
Engagements
- 2005: 1st concertmaster at the Orchester de la Suisse Romande
- 2008: Concert tour in Taiwan with the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra
- 2008/2009: "Classical music in the light of solar energy" in several cities in Switzerland.
- 2009: Debut in the Tonhalle Zurich Grosser Saal with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tang Muhai
- 2009/2010: Concert tour with the ensemble "Camerata Musica Barocca"
- 2011: Concert tour in South Africa with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, with the State Symphony Orchestra Bloemfontein and recitals, "World Premiere" recital in the Tonhalle Zurich
- Concert tour with the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra in Taiwan
- Concert series in the USA
- Festival Barocco di Viterbo in Italy
- Performances with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in Russia
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solozobova, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Солозобова, Мария (Russian); Solosobowa, Marija (Russian, transcribed) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |